A furious man hit his girlfriend on the head with an anger management book during a row, it has been claimed.

Sheelah Thompson, 22, says Tyler Ford strangled her, threatened to kill her and put her phone in the oven to stop her from calling 911, according to a report filed with Spartanburg County deputies in South Carolina.

The report alleges that Ford, 23, kept asking Thompson why she was provoking him when she knew he was taking anger management classes.